Cleaning device for acetylene-lamp burners



June1z,1924. 1,498,371

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Patented June 17, 1924.

AUGIE L. HANSEN, 0F EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

CLEANING DEVICE FOR ACETYLENE-MMP BURNERS.

Application filed April 30, 1923.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, AUclE L. HANSEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cleaning Devices for Acetylene-Lamp Burners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an article of manufacture which may be termed a package or holder for cleaners to be used for cleaning the burners or jets of acetylene lamps.

The object of the invention is to provide a useful and convenient article for users of an acetylene lamp whereby an ample supply of burner cleaners may be easily carried and in readiness for use.

An article of this character has been designed especially for use by miners and other workers who are dependent upon an acetylene lamp for illumination. As is well known, the orifice in the burner or jet through which the gas escapes is exceedingly small and frequently becomes stopped up by small particles of carbide which become lodged in this orifice. A piece of fine wire is all that is necessary to remove the obstruction, but frequently such means is not available when required, and hence the lamp is rendered useless until proper means are found.

The article embodying the features of this invention consists generally of a small bundle of wires secured to a metal plate or back, which may be fastened to the clothing of the user by means of a pin or otherwise, the ends of the wires being protected when not in use by the utilization of a scheme not unlike that found in the ordinary safety pin.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the article showing one piece of Wire released for use;

Fig. 2 is a View in rear elevation of the article, and

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

As already suggested, the main portion or body of the article consists of a thin plate of metal 1 of substantial rectangular form having its upper portion 2 offset rearwardly through the medium of a transverse intermediate portion 1 to form a mounting for a pin 3 extending the full length of theplate and at the rear thereof, whereby the plate may be pinned onto the coat or blouse of the user. The pin 3 is held within a depression.

Serial No. 635,482.

2 shaped to receive the upper portion of the shank and head 3 of the pin. In alignment with the depression and beneath the head of the pin is stamped a reversed depression 4, thereby anchoring the pin in place. At the base of the offset portion 2 is an aperture 5 through which the pin extends, emerging at the rear of the plate and in spaced relation to the surface thereof.

The lower edge of the plate is turned or rolled to form a sleeve or clip 7 in which is held a bundle of fine wires 8. These wires being flexible are normally adapted to be held in U form, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. These wires are fixed to the plates by means of the clip 7 surrounding the same intermediate their ends, with their free end portions bent upwardly and longitudinally with respect to the plate 1 and retained within inwardly facing clips 99 formed by bending two lips forwardly and inwardly over the front face of the plate. These clips 9-9 engage the end portions of the wires thereb" retaining the bundle in a compact form wit 1 the ends protected.

As before explained, this package or carrier is pinned on the clothing of the user, and when it is necessary to clean a burner, one of the wires is released from the clip 6 much in the same manner as one would unclasp the pointed end of a safety pin, and having cleaned the burner would restore the wire to its position beneath the clip 6. Thus, the user of the lamp will always have an ample supply of cleaning points available so that a single device will last for a considerable length of time.

It is contemplated that these articles shall sell for a very nominal price and therefore they have been designed to be constructed as cheaply as possible.

It is obvious, however, that more elaborate fastening means might be readily designed, but so far as the utility of the article is concerned, the form herein disclosed is con sidered to be quite satisfactory. For this reason, applicant does not limit the invention to the exact construction herein disclosed.

Having described a preferred construction and uses of the article embodying the invention, I claim:

1. In an article of the character described, the combination of a plate provided with fastening means and a bundle of Wires secured to said plate, and means for normally had retaining the free end portions of the Wires under tension.

2. In an article of the character described, the combination of a plate provided With fastening means and a bundle of Wires secured to said plate, and clips normally engaging the end portions of the Wires.

3. In an article of the character described, the combination of a body portion in the form of a metallic plate provided With a fastening member secured to the back thereof, a bundle of Wires secured intermediate their ends to said plate, and clips along the sides of said plate for retaining the ends of the Wires.

at. In a device of the character described, the combination of a plate having a fastening member secured to the back surface thereof, a bundle of relatively fine Wires secured intern'iediate their ends at the lower edge of said plate, and clips formed along the sides of said plates and adapted to normally retain said Wires under tension and to permit one or more to be disengaged for use. 5. In a device of the character described, the coi'nbination of a plate adapted to be fastened to the clothing of the user, and having its lower edge turned to form a clip to retain a bundle of small Wires, the end portions of said Wires being normally bent in Ushape and retained Within open clips formed along opposite sides of said plate.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 29th day of March, A. D., 1923 AUGIE L. HANSEN. 

